
Acting
Dean Andrews is an English actor. He is known for his role as DS Ray Carling in the BBC drama series Life on Mars. He continued the role in the sequel series, Ashes to Ashes, until 2010. As of April 2019, he appeared as Will Taylor on ITV soap opera Emmerdale. Andrews left the show on 26 December 2024 when his character Will died of a heart attack.
Born in 1963 in Rotherham, Andrews went to Sitwell Junior School on Grange Road and Oakwood Comprehensive School on Moorgate Road. He went to school with Top Gear presenter James May.
Dean Andrews started off as a mainstay of cruise ships as a tal…

Number One Fan
as Stewart Jones

Agatha and the Truth of Murder
as Wade

Torvill & Dean
as Colin Dean

Dark River
as Matty

The Security Men
as Ray

Elfie Hopkins: Cannibal Hunter
as Villager
Girl Shaped Love Drug
as Her Father

United
as Bert Whalley

Weekender
as Sergeant Thompson

Just Henry
as Bill

Number One Fan
as Stewart Jones · 4 ep.

The Moorside
as PC Steve 'Kinchie' Kinchin · 2 ep.

Delicious
as Steven Green · 1 ep.

Jericho
1 ep.

Banana
as Alan · 1 ep.
Original Drama Shorts
as Nick · 1 ep.

Father Brown
as Michael Negal · 1 ep.

Frankie
3 ep.

Being Eileen
as Pete Lewis · 6 ep.

Last Tango in Halifax
as Robbie · 24 ep.
Agatha and the Truth of Murder
2018